question for your members

[gotzguns]

hello, would like to hear from all you members. would a 1860 military or civilian modle henry in 44russian or 44colt be somrthing you would be interested in? please post your reply. gotzguns

[Major Matt Lewis]

Do you mean to ask if we are interested in purchasing or are you good to use it in competition?

[gotzguns]

sorry, should have been more clear. would you be interested in buying a henry in 44 colt or russ. to use in caw, if they were avilable?gotzguns

[US Scout]

I'd be interested in a Henry that was able to shoot .44 Colt.

[Delmonico]

I could not afford one right now, but a Henry that could not hold 16 rounds has never excited me.

[Captain John Jarrett]

.44 Russian!!  YES!!!

[Will Ketchum]

As I answeed on the henry forum I would probably be.  My Henry feeds 44 Russians fine but the over sized 44-40 chamber allwos too much fouling.  I am thinking about seeing if it can be sleeved.

Will Ketchum

[Books OToole]

A Henry in .44 Russian sounds pretty neat, if the price wasn't outrageous.

Books

[Sam Perfye]

My own experience has been that the 44 colt rim is too narrow for reliable extraction in a lever gun. That said, I'd be very interested in a 44 russian henry. One question, what would bore diameter be? Personally I'd prefer .427-.429. This would allow modern 44 colt/russian rounds to be used, thinking of Black Hills or Ten-X here. Please keep us posted on this. Al.

[Ottawa Creek Bill]

I am thinking about seeing if it can be sleeved.

Will,
Its funny that you would mention this as I have my Uberti Henry .45 LC torn down and getting ready to sleeve it in .44 colt, with heeled or hollow base bulletts. With the proper extractor it will feed and eject the colt round just fine for the kind of shooting I do, full loads of real black powder, slow and steady. Plus the .44 colt is the closest thing to the original henry cartridge on the market today other then being a center fire cartridge. I'm sleeving this one with 4150 armory steel.

Bill

[Will Ketchum]

Will,
Its funny that you would mention this as I have my Uberti Henry .45 LC torn down and getting ready to sleeve it in .44 colt, with heeled or hollow base bulletts. With the proper extractor it will feed and eject the colt round just fine for the kind of shooting I do, full loads of real black powder, slow and steady. Plus the .44 colt is the closest thing to the original henry cartridge on the market today other then being a center fire cartridge. I'm sleeving this one with 4150 armory steel.

Bill

Bill, do you think it would be possible to make and install a sleeve in the 44-40 chamber to take the 44 Russian?

Will Ketchum

[gotzguns]

thanks everbody, keep the replys coming and tell all your shooter friends to reply also. need to get a good responce to get uberti interested. just keep them coming will report back regulary. gotzguns

[Sir Charles deMouton-Black]

The .44 Henry Flat rf evolved into;  1...44 Henry cf, and
2.  .44 S&W American.

While the .44 Henry cf yielded to the .44-40 in 1873, the .44 American went on to morf into the .44 Russian.

As they say about the Alaska wildlife reserve, "Why, It's Only Natural".

The primary caliber for the Henry, and improved Henry, should be .44 Russian, and why not add the .13" to allow the .44 Colt!

[Will Sellit]

Yes, I would definately be interested and also would be interested if it would be offered in the 1866 Winchester.

[O.T. Buchannan]

I would love to have one in .44 Russian!

[gotzguns]

glad to hear from you shooters keep sending in more. also a idea ive had is what about a retro fit kit that would have the parts-barrel, cartridge carrier , exstractor to recaliber your henry. just a idea. what do you think?gotzguns